TURLOCK, Calif.--- Stan State concludes its 2026 regular season this weekend with a pair of CCAA matches at the Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena, highlighted by Senior Day on Saturday afternoon. The Warriors (7-15, 3-8 CCAA) will host No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino on Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. before welcoming Cal State San Marcos on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. Prior to Saturday's match, Stan State will recognize five seniors — Lauren Hamilton, Irene London, Leah Mendoza, Emily Meyer and Maggie Olson — for their dedication and contributions to the Warrior volleyball program. The two matches will conclude the Warriors' final four-match homestand and the 2026 regular season.

Flowers at the Helm
Lauren Flowers is in her fifth season at the helm of the Stan State volleyball program and enters the final weekend of the regular season with a 70-64 (.522) career record. Flowers ranks third on the program's all-time victories list behind Christina Lore (82) and Cindy Nikkel (78), while her .522 career winning percentage is the highest in program history. During her tenure, the Warriors have earned 16 All-CCAA honors, including 2024 CCAA Libero of the Year Gabby Rawson and 2024 CCAA Freshman of the Year Malia Tanksley. Rawson also earned AVCA All-America honors in 2024, while Ellison Weaver was named the 2024 CCAA Tournament MVP and became the first Warrior to earn AVCA National Player of the Week honors. Flowers has guided Stan State to three CCAA Tournament appearances, highlighted by the program's first CCAA Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2024, when the Warriors established a program record with 22 victories.

Weekend Recap
Stan State split its opening two matches of its final four-match homestand last weekend, falling in three sets to No. 4 Fresno Pacific (25-15, 25-20, 25-14) on Friday before bouncing back with a three-set sweep of UC Merced (25-21, 25-15, 25-15) on Saturday. The Warriors finished the weekend 1-1, hitting .224 with 74 kills, 54 assists, 14 service aces, 78 digs and 12 team blocks over six sets. Fallon Freeman led Stan State with 15 kills while hitting .268, followed by Lauren Hamilton with 13 kills while hitting .571 and recording six total blocks. Emily Meyer contributed 10 kills, while Laila Greene added nine kills while hitting .467. Ireland Avalos recorded 19 assists, 11 digs and five service aces, while Bailey Morrison added 22 assists and 10 digs. Lauren Gonzales finished with 18 digs and four service aces, while Leah Mendoza recorded 20 digs and two service aces. The Warriors highlighted the weekend with a .340 hitting percentage, 10 service aces and 10 team blocks in Saturday's sweep of UC Merced.

Warriors Update
Stan State enters the final weekend of the regular season with a 7-15 overall record and a 3-8 mark in CCAA play. Emily Meyer leads the Warriors with 171 kills, averaging 2.09 kills per set, followed by Fallon Freeman with 164 kills (2.13 per set), Maggie Olson with 142 kills (1.89 per set), Lauren Hamilton with 136 kills (1.68 per set) and Lauren Gonzales with 125 kills (1.54 per set). Hamilton leads the team with a .308 hitting percentage, followed by Sydney Hoffman at .291 and Freeman at .263. Reagan Wilkerson directs the offense with 438 assists, averaging 6.00 per set, while Ireland Avalos has contributed 189 assists and Bailey Morrison has added 104. Gonzales leads the Warriors with 31 service aces, followed by Rylee Szyszka with 21 and Wilkerson with 18. Defensively, Leah Mendoza leads Stan State with 233 digs, followed by Gonzales with 215, Wilkerson with 171 and Szyszka with 169. Hamilton leads the Warriors at the net with 81 total blocks, averaging 1.00 per set, followed by Freeman with 42, Soraya Forbes with 35 and Hoffman with 25.

Seeing Double
Stan State has received double-double performances from five Warriors this season. Reagan Wilkerson leads the team with 10 double-doubles, including her latest performance of 16 assists and 10 digs against Cal State LA on Oct. 23 during CCAA Pod Weekend No. 2. Wilkerson now has 12 double-doubles in her Warrior career. Lauren Gonzales has recorded four double-doubles this season, while Ireland Avalos has three. Rylee Szyszka recorded her first career double-double with 11 assists and 19 digs at Cal State Dominguez Hills, while Fallon Freeman posted her first double-double as a Warrior with a career-high 23 kills and 15 digs against Cal State East Bay during the CCAA Pod Weekend in Turlock.

CCAA Leaders
Stan State has four individual rankings among the top 10 in the CCAA heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Lauren Hamilton ranks third in blocks, averaging 1.00 per set with 81 total blocks (23 solo and 58 assists), and eighth in hitting percentage at .308 with 136 kills. Reagan Wilkerson is 10th in assists, averaging 6.00 per set with 438 total assists, while Lauren Gonzales ranks 10th in service aces, averaging 0.38 per set with 31 aces. The Warriors also rank sixth as a team in blocks (1.95 per set) and seventh in hitting percentage (.187).

Senior Day
Stan State will recognize five seniors prior to Saturday's 1 p.m. regular-season finale against Cal State San Marcos. Lauren Hamilton, Irene London, Leah Mendoza, Emily Meyer and Maggie Olson will be honored for their contributions to the Warrior volleyball program. Hamilton earned FloCollege/CCAA Defensive Player of the Week honors this season, while Mendoza was an All-CCAA Honorable Mention selection in 2025. Meyer and Olson have earned numerous academic honors, while London has contributed to the Warriors' front row. During their time with the program, Stan State has made three CCAA Tournament appearances (2022, 2024 and 2025), highlighted by the program's first CCAA Tournament championship and NCAA West Regional appearance in 2024. Head coach Lauren Flowers and assistant coaches Maggie Billingsley and Ari Amini will recognize the five seniors. Prior to the ceremony, Cal State San Marcos seniors Annika Blas-Cedeno, Nelia Trower and Addison Kranz will also be honored.

Scouting No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino
No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino enters Friday's match with a 21-2 overall record and a 10-1 mark in CCAA play, riding a 10-match winning streak. The Coyotes are coming off a three-set sweep at Cal State San Marcos on Oct. 31 (25-16, 25-17, 25-17). Prior to that victory, Cal State San Bernardino defeated Cal State LA in five sets on Oct. 24 (23-25, 25-11, 19-25, 25-17, 15-9). The Coyotes have won 10 consecutive matches since their five-set loss to Cal Poly Pomona on Sept. 26, with their only other setback coming in five sets at No. 4 Fresno Pacific on Sept. 18.

Cal State San Bernardino is hitting .274 as a team while averaging 13.39 kills, 2.44 blocks and 1.88 service aces per set. Kacie Pedersen leads the Coyotes with 297 kills (3.49 per set), 258 digs and 29 service aces, followed by Sarai Ross with 256 kills (3.01 per set) while hitting .293. Kisa Sagiao has contributed 184 kills, while Allison Legates leads the team with 96 total blocks (1.14 per set) and is hitting .385. M'Kera Drake has added 79 blocks while hitting .342. McKenna Edwards directs the offense with 501 assists and a team-high 46 service aces, while Jaiden Van Horn has contributed 357 assists. Defensively, Saniyah Sobers leads the Coyotes with 346 digs, averaging 4.07 per set.

Series History vs. No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino
Cal State San Bernardino leads the all-time series against Stan State 50-6 dating back to Sept. 22, 1988. The Coyotes have won the last two meetings, including a three-set victory (25-20, 25-17, 25-15) on Oct. 22, 2026, in San Bernardino. In that match, Fallon Freeman and Lauren Gonzales led the Warriors with five kills each, while Lauren Hamilton recorded five total blocks and Leah Mendoza finished with 13 digs. Kacie Pedersen led the Coyotes with 13 kills, followed by Sarai Ross with 12, while Saniyah Sobers recorded 15 digs.

In their last meeting in Turlock on Nov. 1, 2025, Cal State San Bernardino swept Stan State 25-20, 25-14, 25-21. Teagan Irish led the Warriors with seven kills, while Leah Mendoza recorded 13 digs and Reagan Wilkerson added three service aces. Pedersen led the Coyotes with 12 kills, while McKenna Edwards finished with 32 assists.
Stan State's last home victory over Cal State San Bernardino came on Oct. 5, 2024, when the Warriors swept the Coyotes 25-19, 25-22, 25-22 at the Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena. Makenna Carrillo and Christallynn Tate led Stan State with eight kills each, while Gabby Rawson recorded 16 digs. Alex Byrd finished with seven total blocks, while Autumn Kirby added six as the Warriors recorded 14 team blocks. Stan State completed the 2024 season sweep with a four-set victory in San Bernardino on Oct. 31. The Warriors have won five of the 25 meetings played in Turlock, including three of the last six dating back to 2015.

Scouting Cal State San Marcos
Cal State San Marcos enters the final weekend of the regular season with a 10-13 overall record and a 5-6 mark in CCAA play. The Cougars are coming off a three-set loss to No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino on Oct. 31 (25-16, 25-17, 25-17). Prior to that match, Cal State San Marcos defeated Chapman in four sets on Oct. 29 (25-18, 21-25, 25-14, 25-19), snapping a four-match losing streak. The Cougars have lost six of their last seven matches, with their last conference victory coming in a three-set sweep of Cal State Monterey Bay on Oct. 10. Cal State San Marcos is 9-5 at home this season but winless in six road matches.

The Cougars are hitting .214 as a team while averaging 12.09 kills, 1.64 service aces, 14.22 digs and 1.66 blocks per set. Addison Kranz leads the offense with 272 kills (3.40 per set), followed by Blayne Seligmiller with 176 and Hazel Livingston-Jones with 155 while hitting .318. Livingston-Jones also leads the team with 68 total blocks, followed by Juliana Tindall with 58. Blair Keith directs the offense with 778 assists (9.15 per set) and has added 28 service aces. Defensively, Annika Blas-Cedeno leads the Cougars with 300 digs (3.53 per set) and has contributed 25 service aces, while McKenna Kehoe has recorded 244 digs.

Series History vs. Cal State San Marcos
Cal State San Marcos leads the all-time series against Stan State 9-7 dating back to Oct. 16, 2015. The Warriors have won the last three meetings, including a three-set sweep (25-16, 25-15, 25-21) on Oct. 25, 2025, in San Marcos. In that match, Emily Meyer and Christallynn Tate led Stan State with 10 kills each, while Malia Tanksley added nine. Lauren Gonzales recorded three service aces, while Sydney Hoffman and Fallon Freeman each finished with five total blocks. Reagan Wilkerson directed the offense with 19 assists, while Leah Mendoza led the defense with 13 digs. Stan State hit .306 as a team while holding the Cougars to a .105 hitting percentage.

In their last meeting in Turlock on Sept. 20, 2025, the Warriors swept Cal State San Marcos 25-14, 25-22, 25-16. Isabella Saucedo led Stan State with nine kills, followed by Meyer with eight and Freeman with six. Irene London and Wilkerson each recorded two service aces, while Saucedo and London finished with four total blocks apiece. Shaelyn Pruiett recorded 27 assists, while Mendoza led the defense with 10 digs. The Warriors hit .344 as a team while holding the Cougars to a .180 hitting percentage. Stan State's current three-match winning streak began with a five-set victory on Oct. 26, 2024, in Turlock. The Warriors are 4-4 against Cal State San Marcos at home and have won three of the last four meetings at the Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena dating back to 2018.

CCAA Standings
With two matches remaining in the regular season, No. 4 Fresno Pacific leads the CCAA standings with an 11-0 conference record (23-0 overall), followed by No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino at 10-1 (21-2) and Cal Poly Pomona at 9-2 (19-4). Cal State LA is fourth at 8-3, followed by Cal State East Bay at 7-4. All five teams have secured berths in the seven-team CCAA Volleyball Tournament. San Francisco State is sixth at 6-5, followed by Cal State San Marcos at 5-6. Menlo and Cal State Monterey Bay are tied for eighth at 5-7, while Cal Poly Humboldt is 10th at 4-7. Stan State is 11th at 3-8, followed by Chico State and UC Merced at 2-9 and Cal State Dominguez Hills at 1-10. The top seven teams in the final conference standings will qualify for the CCAA Volleyball Tournament, beginning Nov. 10.

CCAA Volleyball Tournament
Stan State enters the final weekend of the regular season with a slim chance of qualifying for the 2026 CCAA Volleyball Tournament. The Warriors (3-8 CCAA) are two matches behind seventh-place Cal State San Marcos (5-6) with two conference matches remaining. Stan State will need to win both matches and receive help from other teams to have a chance at securing one of the final two tournament berths. Five teams have already secured berths: Fresno Pacific, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State LA and Cal State East Bay. The seven-team tournament begins Tuesday, Nov. 10, with quarterfinal matches at campus sites featuring the No. 5 seed at No. 4, No. 6 at No. 3 and No. 7 at No. 2, all at 5 p.m. The three winners will advance to Pioneer Gym at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, joining the top seed for the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The championship match is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m., with the winner receiving the CCAA's automatic berth to the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship.

Final Weekend of CCAA Play
The 2026 CCAA volleyball regular season concludes this weekend with 13 conference matches scheduled for Nov. 5-7. Five teams have already secured berths in the seven-team CCAA Tournament, leaving two spots available entering the final weekend. Thursday's action features Cal State East Bay at Cal Poly Humboldt and San Francisco State at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Friday's four matches include No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino at Stan State, Cal State LA at No. 4 Fresno Pacific, Cal Poly Pomona at UC Merced and Cal State San Marcos at Chico State, all beginning at 5 p.m. The regular season concludes Saturday with seven matches at 1 p.m., including Cal State San Marcos at Stan State, Cal State San Bernardino at Chico State, Cal Poly Pomona at Fresno Pacific and Menlo at Cal State Monterey Bay. The top seven teams in the final standings will advance to the CCAA Volleyball Tournament, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 10.

CCAA Sports on FloCollege
Both of Stan State's final regular-season matches will be streamed live on FloCollege, the official streaming partner of the CCAA. Fans can watch Friday's 5 p.m. match against No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino and Saturday's 1 p.m. Senior Day match against Cal State San Marcos. Kyle Morrison will have the call for Friday's match, while Levi Flores and Marie Stucker will provide the play-by-play and analysis for Saturday's match. Fans can also follow live statistics through the Warrior Athletics website.